This reminded me, in a vague way, of an experience I had recently when (for random reasons) I found myself in a Catholic church in a city away from home during Benediction.
I was absorbed into the ceremony. When the host was replaced in the tabernacle and we all turned to a statue of Our Lady to sing a Latin chant, I said to myself, "Wow, this really is a living theurgical tradition, the rites of a worldwide community seeking to connect with the reality of the divine. Why ever did I leave it?"
Then, as I left, I saw leaflets from a radical anti-abortion group.
Echoing a lot of my own reasons for staying a solitary polytheist, here. While I lack the cultural connection, this is the only kind of spirituality and philosophy I have truly felt able to connect with on a deep level, even after my earnest attempts to revisit Christianity as an adult
This reminded me, in a vague way, of an experience I had recently when (for random reasons) I found myself in a Catholic church in a city away from home during Benediction.
I was absorbed into the ceremony. When the host was replaced in the tabernacle and we all turned to a statue of Our Lady to sing a Latin chant, I said to myself, "Wow, this really is a living theurgical tradition, the rites of a worldwide community seeking to connect with the reality of the divine. Why ever did I leave it?"
Then, as I left, I saw leaflets from a radical anti-abortion group.
"Ah yes. That's why."
Exactly. Like it would all be so perfect if it was not toxic
Echoing a lot of my own reasons for staying a solitary polytheist, here. While I lack the cultural connection, this is the only kind of spirituality and philosophy I have truly felt able to connect with on a deep level, even after my earnest attempts to revisit Christianity as an adult